Noted persons.

The answer

NAMES

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NAMES answer page.

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 1967; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NAMES

Every other clue in this collection answered by NAMES, most used first.

• Identifies - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Appoints - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Handles - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Designates - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Monikers - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Phone-book listings - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Tom, Dick and Harry - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• Christens - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Dubs - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Fingers - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Specifies - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Directory contents - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• New parents' choices - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Appellations - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Celebrities - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Specifies, as a person - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Noted 2001 bankruptcy - ENRON, used 18 times
• Noted violinist. - ELMAN, used 12 times
• Noted violinist. - STERN, used 11 times
• Noted fabulist - AESOP, used 10 times
• Noted violin maker - AMATI, used 10 times
• Noted bankruptcy of 2001 - ENRON, used 9 times

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